Fashion icons : a celebration of fashion's legendary designers / illustrated by David Lee Csicsko ; written by Gillion Carrara ; foreword by Ikram Goldman.
Glossary. Ikram Goldman -- Jeanne-Marie Lanvin (1867-1946) -- Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975) -- Paul Poiret (1879-1944) -- Coco Chanel (1883-1971) -- Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973)-- Crist̤bal Balenciaga (1895-1972) -- Ann Lowe (1898-1981) -- Christian Dior (1905-1957) -- Pierre Cardin (1922-2020) -- Hubert de Givenchy (1927-2018) -- Sonia Rykiel (1930-2016) -- Halston (1932-1990) -- Valentino Garavani (1932-) -- Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) -- Giorgio Armani (1934) -- Azzedine Ala̐a (1935-2017) -- Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008) -- Issey Miyake (1938-2022) -- Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) -- Rei Kawakubo (1942-) -- Stephen Burrows (1943-) -- Yohji Yamamoto (1943-) -- Gianni & Donatella Versace (G: 1946-1997, D: 1955-) -- Miuccia Prada (1949-) -- Franco Moschino (1950-1994) -- Jean Paul Gaultier (1952-) -- Martin Margiela (1957-) -- Dries Van Noten (1958-) -- Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana (D: 1958-, S: 1962-) -- Ann Demeulemeester (1959-) -- Isabel & Ruben Toledo (I: 1960-2019, R: 1961-) -- John Galliano (1960-) -- Junya Watanabe (1961-) -- Alber Elbaz (1961-2021) -- Tom Ford (1961-) Rick Owens (1962-) -- Marc Jacobs (1963-) -- Duro Olowu (1965-) -- Thom Browne (1965-) -- Hedi Slimane (1968-) -- Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) -- Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren (V: 1969-, R: 1969-) -- Nicolas Ghesquïre (1971-) -- Stella McCartney (1971-) -- Phoebe Philo (1973-) -- Rabih Kayrouz (1973-) -- Kate & Laura Mulleavy (K: 1979-, L: 1980-) -- Virgin Abloh (1980-2021) -- Simone Rocha (1986-) -- Kerby Jean-Raymond (1986-) -- About the authors -- Glossary.
Summary:
"Fashion Icons celebrates the origins and contributions of some of the world's most remarkable and gifted fashion designers throughout history. Bold, whimsical illustrations by David Lee Csicsko along with concise, engaging bios written by Gillion Carrara celebrate a diverse group of designers. From Paul Piorret, the visionary who shunned the corset, to Elsa Schiaparelli, who shocked the world with her "shoe hat", to Comme des Garcon's Rei Kawakubo, Fashion Icons celebrates 50 fashion designers who have influenced historical trends, how we dress today, and what the future of fashion will look like"-- Provided by publisher.
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